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PandaQuest Companion

The PandaQuest Companion is a little application that sends what the addon recorded while you played to this hub, and brings the community guide it builds from everyone's runs back into your game.

  1. It reads the file the PandaQuest addon writes as you play the game.
  2. It uploads the collected data to the hub, so quest routes, timings and dangerous spots are worked out from real runs.
  3. It writes the community guide back into the addon, so the next quest tooltip already knows what everyone before you found.
Download for Windows

Windows installer · 113 MB · version 0.1.1243, built 2026-11-06 14:14 UTC. It updates itself. Or the portable zip, unpacked by hand.

Microsoft Store Linux .deb

The Microsoft Store has the same program, installed by the Store, so Windows does not stop it with a warning.

The PandaQuest sync app's Home page: a Stop sync button over the words Watching your game folder, the player's realms and characters, and a This computer panel with the quests, kills and loot and travel it has read and uploaded, and the time of the last upload.
The sync app while it runs: it watches your game folder, uploads what the addon recorded and shows your characters. The player and characters in these pictures are made up.

Works with every WoW version

One app for all of them, at the same time: it finds each game in your World of Warcraft folder and uploads every game's runs to that game's part of this site. Play Classic Era tonight and Mists tomorrow – nothing to switch.

  • MoP Classic _classic_
  • TBC Anniversary _anniversary_
  • Classic Era _classic_era_ You are here
  • WoW Forever _forever_

Everything in one window

  • Quest guides from real runs

    Routes, timings and dangerous spots worked out from everyone's runs, with filters for level, side and class.

  • World map

    This site's zone maps, quest givers and gathering spots, browsed right inside the app.

  • Flights

    The flight masters you have found and how long each hop really takes, recorded as you fly.

  • One search

    Quests, zones, NPCs, objects and items in one box, with suggestions as you type.

  • News

    What was added to the site, newest first, without opening a browser.

  • Bugtracker

    Report a wrong quest or a broken page from the app, and follow what happens to it.

  • Updates itself

    New versions install by themselves, and the app checks each one's signature first.

  • Out of your way

    It starts with Windows, waits by the clock and checks your saved file about once a minute.

How it works

  1. Install it

    Run the installer you downloaded. It installs for your Windows user only – no administrator, nothing in Program Files – and adds PandaQuest to the Start menu.

    Windows may warn you once. PandaQuest is not signed with a code-signing certificate yet, so the first time you run a copy downloaded in a browser, Windows says “Windows protected your PC” and names an unknown publisher. Choose More info → Run anyway. Updates come through the app afterwards and install without asking. The Microsoft Store installs the same program without the warning.

  2. Sign in with Battle.net

    Press Continue to PandaQuest to log in. Your browser opens this site, where you sign in with Battle.net and confirm the code the app shows. There is no password to type into the app.

    The sync app's sign-in screen: Log in to your PandaQuest account, Sign in with Battle.net on the PandaQuest website, and one button, Continue to PandaQuest to log in.

  3. It watches your game folder

    It finds your World of Warcraft folder and game account, starts when you log in to Windows and waits in the notification area by the clock. Settings shows what it found and lets you change it.

    The sync app's Settings: start PandaQuest when you log in, the game folder, the game account and this computer's name with a Change button, Clear cache, Sign out, and the version with Check for updates.

  4. It uploads what the addon recorded

    After a /reload or a log-out, the game writes the addon's saved file and the app sends what is new – about once a minute, or straight away with Upload now. This computer on Home shows what was sent.

    The This computer panel: counts of quests, kills and loot, nodes and respawns, travel and zones, character sheets and characters, with the share of each already uploaded, the time of the last upload and an Upload now button.

What you get

The app's search box with mogu typed in it and a list of suggestions under it: quests such as Mogu Incursions with their level and zone, and zones such as Mogu'shan Vaults.
One search for quests, zones, NPCs, objects and items, with suggestions as you type.
The World map page inside the app: the map of Pandaria with its flight paths, and Browse tabs for Quests, Professions, Best in slot, Gathering nodes and Leaderboards.
Browse this site's world map, quests, professions and best-in-slot lists inside the app.
The Quests page inside the app: how many quests there are and how many have a community guide, filters for name, level, side, type and class, and the quest list.
Quests with the community's routes and timings, filtered by level, side and class.
The News tab inside the app: the site's changelog, What has been added, with the newest quests, NPCs, objects and items first.
News: what was added to the site, newest first. The Bugtracker is one tab away.

Why upload

  • PQ Points

    Each upload that brings something new earns 25 points, up to 175 a week. How points work.

  • Supporter badge

    Upload in the last 30 days with sharing on, and the badge sits beside your name and your public characters.

  • Better guides for everyone

    Every run makes the averages truer: the next player's tooltip knows how long a quest really takes and where it goes wrong.

What is sent, and what is not

Only what the PandaQuest addon recorded: quests, kills and loot, nodes and respawns, travel and zones, and character sheets – the same rows the app's This computer panel counts. Your Battle.net password never reaches the app: you sign in on this site. The privacy statement says what is kept and for how long, and Your data is where you export or erase it.

Before you install

Windows says “Windows protected your PC”. Is that safe?

It is Windows SmartScreen meeting a program that is not signed with a code-signing certificate yet. Choose More info → Run anyway; it asks once, and updates install without asking. Rather not? The Microsoft Store installs the same program with no warning.

Which folders does it read?

The game's folders under World of Warcraft, one per game, and in each only the PandaQuest addon's saved file under WTF:

  • World of Warcraft\_classic_ – Mists of Pandaria Classic
  • World of Warcraft\_anniversary_ – Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary
  • World of Warcraft\_classic_era_ – Classic Era
  • World of Warcraft\_forever_ – WoW Forever

It writes one file back: the community guide inside the addon's own folder.

I play more than one WoW version. Do I need one app each?

No. One app syncs every game you have installed at once – Mists of Pandaria Classic, Classic Era, The Burning Crusade Anniversary and WoW Forever from its launch – and each game's runs land in that game's part of this site.

How does it update?

By itself. It asks this site about once an hour whether there is a newer version, checks the new installer's signature against the key built into the app, and installs it only if it matches. Settings shows the version you have and a Check for updates button.

Is there a Linux or macOS version?

Linux (Debian, Ubuntu): the same PandaQuest launcher as a package. Open it with your software installer, or sudo apt install ./pandaquest_0.1.1243_amd64.deb; it tells you when there is a newer version and hands it to the same installer.

macOS has no launcher yet: the sync program is one file, and it shows its page in your browser. The files are under Builds below.

All downloads

  • Linux .deb (64-bit) 91 MB · version 0.1.1243 · SHA-256 cb7c3476740e6a4528e64047d3013d7dda7402c4cc26b479cd05b5f10c78ab25

macOS has no launcher yet, and Linux can do without one: the sync program is also one file per platform, and it shows its page in your browser.

  • macOS, Apple silicon (M1 and later) 9.7 MB · SHA-256 ad679ad4b575731c69249f725c079d51c1e6627e12345ded5355bf04df8046ac
  • macOS, Intel 10.4 MB · SHA-256 3d6915ddfc47c5b081f1d07b1822429880d6100450999e53484668ff6424467d
  • Linux, 64-bit 10.2 MB · SHA-256 e2769ea68846e83ebb69a9905ad234234ed392ea9d1d5b6b3eb74769d391c72d

Installing the PandaQuest Companion

  1. Download PandaQuest.
  2. Run it. On Windows, run the installer: it installs for your Windows user, with no administrator, and starts PandaQuest. (The portable zip instead: unzip it anywhere and double-click PandaQuestCompanion.exe.) Windows may say “Windows protected your PC” the first time, because the program is not signed with a code-signing certificate yet: click More info → Run anyway. It asks once; updates install without asking, and the Microsoft Store version does not ask at all.
  3. Go through the initial configuration: the companion shows a code and opens this hub's connect page, where you sign in with Battle.net and confirm the code. Then check the World of Warcraft folder it found. There is nothing to paste and no password – the computer is connected under its own name.

You can close the window, and the companion keeps syncing from the notification area (the panda icon by the clock). You don't need to open it every time you play: it checks your saved file about once a minute, and starts itself when you log in to Windows.

Uploading data

The companion uploads by itself about once a minute; to send right away, open it and press Upload now under This computer on Home. World of Warcraft writes its saved file only when you type /reload or log out, so the panel shows the numbers from that moment, and nothing is uploaded while you are mid-quest.

macOS and Linux
  1. Download the file for your machine above. Not sure which Mac you have? Apple menu → About This Mac: “Apple M…” is Apple silicon, “Intel” is Intel.
  2. Open a terminal in the folder you saved it to, make it runnable and start it. Use the file name you downloaded: 
    chmod +x PandaQuestCompanion-macos-arm64
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine PandaQuestCompanion-macos-arm64   # macOS only
./PandaQuestCompanion-macos-arm64
    The xattr line is there because the program is not signed with an Apple developer certificate, so Gatekeeper blocks it the first time.
  3. It opens its own page in your browser at http://127.0.0.1:… – only on your machine, never on the network. The first time it asks for the game folder and the account folder, and shows a code to confirm on this hub.
  4. Leave the terminal open while you play. Quit on the page, or Ctrl+C, stops it cleanly.
The This computer panel of the sync app: what was uploaded from this computer, the time of the last upload and the Upload now button.
Home → This computer: what this computer has sent.